Eastern Arizona College’s Thatcher and Discovery Park campuses will host the third annual Gila Valley Health and Science Festival this weekend where visitors will see a showcase of the technology and innovation now being used in the Gila Valley.

Researchers at the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University are working on a new test to catch pancreatic cancer in its earliest stages by detecting extracellular vesicles, which are tiny bubbles of material emitted from most living cells.

Translational Genomics Research Institute and Northern Arizona University are capturing detailed images of the fungus that causes valley fever, hoping to understand how it works and shed light on why the disease spreads at higher rates for people of African, Filipino and Mexican descent.